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I must be missing something -- how is dumping rights on 3 hectares of some land worth 1600 hectares of other land? How could this possibly be a better deal for
by umanwizard 9y ago
I must be missing something -- how is dumping rights on 3 hectares of some land worth 1600 hectares of other land? How could this possibly be a better deal for them than clearing 3 hectares of their land, dumping whatever they wanted to there, and selling the other 1597?
- jonchang 9y agoThe company was going to build a multimillion dollar plant (1997 dollars) to process the waste. Instead they just gave away a bunch of land they weren't going to develop anyway. Also just because you own some land doesn't mean it's legal to do whatever you want with it, especially industrial uses like dumping waste. Costa Rica is probably one of the better countries in terms of protecting its natural resources (compared to say, recent events in Brazil) so it's unlikely that they could have just ignored laws. I would encourage you to read the original paper, and in general always go for original sources; they are surprisingly readable if you know what you can skip and what you have to look up.
- wutbrodo 9y agoIs it possible that they'd be otherwise restricted from dumping, even on land that they own? EDIT: the paper says: "D.H.J. offered a different plan for the orange waste: biodegrade it on recently incorporated degraded pastureland within ACG. In return for this agricultural waste management, Del Oro could donate its forested land at the margins of ACG that it had no intention of cultivating, and eventually provide cash payments." But I guess that doesn't really answer the question, hmm